Toe-clip for bicycles



(No Model.)

A. A. BEVIN. TOE CLIP FOR BIGYGLES.

No. 646,412. l Patented Sept. 17,1895.

Mw@ Mvg UNITED STATES lPl-irnivr Ormes.

ABNER A. BEVIN, OF EAST HAMPTON, CONNECTICUT.

TOE-CLIP FOR BICYCL'ES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 546,412, dated September 17, 1895.

Application filed March 27, 1895. Serial No. 543,346. (No model.)

.To all whom, it 71mg/ concern:

Be it known that I, ABNER A. BEVIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at East Hampton, in the county of Middlesex 'and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toe-Clips for Bicycles, of which the following is a speciiication.

This invention relates to toe-cli ps for velocipedo-pedals, and especially for bicycle-pedals, the object being to furnish an improved device of this general character which shall be readily attacbable to or detachable from pedal-pins of varying sizes, shall be capable of maintaining its position at all points of the revolution of the pedal independently of the pressure exerted upon it by the rider, will enable the rider to obtain a firm grip of the pedal in lateral and longitudinal direction, and which maybe capable of manufacture at a low cost.

In the drawings accompanying and forming part ot' this specification, Figure lis a plan of a toe-clip embodying my invention and in operative relation to a bicycle-pedal. Fig. 2 is a transverse section in line :v Je, Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a plan ot' the main member or body portion ot the toe-clip. Fig. 4 is a similar view of a clip member for engaging the pedal pin or carrier. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the main member of the toeclip. Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the clip member shown in Fig. 4. Fig. 7 is a front elevation of the same. Fig. S is a detail sectional side elevation showing themanner of engaging the clip memberillustrated in Fig. 4; with the supplemental clip member on the rear end oi' the body portion of the toe-clip. A

Like characters designate like parts in all the figures of the drawings.

My present invention comprises, in combination with a velocipede having a longitudinal connecting member and a pedal pin or carrier, a toe-clip having a toe-engaging clip at its forward end, and which toe-engaging clip is tulcrumed on the aforesaid connecting member of the pedal, supplementary clip members at the rear end of the toe-clip and adapted for engaging the pedal pin or carrier, and having said clip members connected at one side of the pedal-pin and normally noncontiguous at the opposite side thereof, and

means for engaging the free ends of the clip members for clamping the same to the pedalpin, whereby the toeclip is secured in position on the pedal of the velocipede.

O designates in a general way the main member of a toe-clip constructed in accordance with my present invention, the clip being shown in the drawings in operative position upon the ordinary rubber pedal. This body portion of the toe-clip is illustrated as formed of sheet material, preferably of thin sheet metal of uniform thickness, from which this main member of the device is stamped and properly shaped to form the completed article. This main member is shown herein as having a forward longitudinally-disposed clip or member of large size for engaging the toe of the foot-gear ot' the rider. This toeengaging clip is shown as formed oi' a lower `substantially-horizontally disposed portion 2,

which at its forward end is bent substantially semicircular to form a stop or abutment for limiting the forward movement of the foot upon the pedal, said curved portion being bent backward upon itself, as shown at 3, to form a clamping-plate of resilient character for engaging the upper side of the shoe or foot-gear of the cyclist.

In the form thereof illustrated in the drawings the toe-engaging clip is bifurcated to form two diverging arms or members 2', connected at their rearward ends and merging into the upper and lower portions of the toeclip, which are designated by 3 and 2, respectively. For the purpose of obtaining a secure hold upon the toe ot the Wheelmans foot-gear the diverging-arms of the toe-engaging clip are also illustrated herein as having their extreme forward portions disposed substantially in the arc of a circle relatively to the longi tudinal axis of the toe-clip to approximate the outline of the toe of the riders shoe, where by a very considerable clamping or pinching eect is obtained.

The main member C ot the toe-'clip is shown in the drawings as having adjacent to its rear end a downwardly-bent rightangled' portion 4, having a curved portion 5, forming apedalpin-engaging clip member, adapted to firmly engage the rear face of the pedatbar and the pedal pin or carrier. This clip member 5 in the present case is curved to have a slightly eoncaved under side adapted to engage the upper side of the pedal-pin, (designated herein by 6,) and at its extreme rear end the clip member 5 is shown as formed with an ear 5', having a transverse perforation or aperture 5 to permit the passage of a clamping-screw. A second elongated aperture or slot is also shown as formed at 7, in advance of the pinengaging portion of the clip member 5, for the purpose of receiving the supplementary clip member which co-operates to bind the toeelp to the pedal-pin. This supplementary clip member is shown in the drawings at 8 as havinga substantially semieircular body portion of such cross-section as to admit of its insertion through the slot 7 of the body portion of the clip, and this supplementary clip member is also illustrated as having a T- shaped head 8 for engaging the walls of the slot 7 at the upper face of the clip. The curved portion of the clip member 8 is also adapted to engage closely against the peripheral surface of the pedal-pin, and at its rear end is also shown as having a screw-threaded opening S, adapted to be brought into position to register 4with that at 5, a clampingscrew being shown at 9 as passed through these openings to tighten the members of the clip and bind the same firmly against the pedal-pin. This elampingscrew has a screwthread of considerable length, so that when the clip membersv are in position and noncontiguous to each other it will bind the same rnily against the pedal-pin and compensate for variations in the sizes of the pins upon which the toe-clip may be secured.

It is well known that pins of different makes vary greatly in theircross-seetional dimensions, and it is one of the principal objects of the present construction to compensate for such variations.

The herein-described organization of devices constitutes a very light and compact device of this class, adapted to be located and attached centrally of the longitudinal connecting members, such as l0 and 10', of a pedal, so that the toe-clip will not interfere with the operation of any 01"' the adjacent parts of the mechanism of the veloeipede, and will permit the foot-gear of the rider to be quickly removed from engagement there- With while maintaining a rm hold upon the shoe during the pedaling operation.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. A two-part toe-clip consisting of a member having a toe-engaging portion and arearwardly-extending clip portion having an elongated slot, and of a separable and removable supplemental clip-member having a T- shaped holding head and extending transversely through the elongated slot of the other member; and said supplemental elipmember having also one of its ends non-contiguous to said rearwardly-extending clip portion; and aV clamping device for connecting the rearwardly-extending clip portion with the non-contiguous end of the supplemental clip-member, whereby said toe-clip is adapted to positively engage a crank-pin or carrier of a bicyelepedal, substantially as described.

2. A two-part clip consisting of a member having a toe-engaging portion and a rearwardly-extending downwardly-bent right-angled clip portion adapted to depend below a pedal-bar and firmly engage the rear face of the pedal-bar and the pedal-pin or carrier;

and of a separable and removable supple' mental clip-member, one of said members having an elongated slot through which the other member is adapted to be passed, and said supplemental clip member having one of its ends non-contiguous to said rearwardlyextending clip portion; and a clamping device for connecting the rearwardly-extending clip portion with the non-contiguous end of the supplemental clip-member, whereby said toe-clip is adapted to positively engage a crank-pin or carrier of a bicycle-pedal, substantially as described.

ABNER A. BEVIN.

Vitnesses: A

FRANK W. BEVLN, MAYO S. PURPLE. 

